A person is not eligible to receive a scholarship originating from and administered by an institution of higher education or university system if the person is related to a current member of the governing board of the institution or system if the scholarship application is filed on or after January 1, 2008, unless:
  (1) the scholarship is granted by a private organization or third party not affiliated with the institution of higher education or university system;
  (2) the scholarship is awarded exclusively on the basis of prior academic merit;
  (3) the scholarship is an athletic scholarship; or
  (4) the relationship is not within the third degree by consanguinity or the second degree by affinity.

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.471 adopted to be effective November 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 8498; transferred effective March 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register February 17, 2017, 42 TexReg 699